Help A Latina Filmmaker Highlight Love, Family In New Movie

Help A Latina Filmmaker Highlight Love, Family In New Movie

Mary Mata May 2, 2011

Aurora Guerrero is a movie writer and director who has a lot to say — but she needs your help. The Latina filmmaker, daughter of Mexican immigrants and San Francisco […]

2.7 Million U.S. Facebook Users Speak Spanish

Mary Mata April 25, 2011

There are about 2.7 million Facebook users in the U.S. who have listed Spanish as one of their languages, this according to the company’s own add tool. About a year […]

How Accurately Do Police Sketches Depict Latinos?

NewsTaco

Years ago, when I anchored television news for a living, I would read the description of a criminal suspect-Latino male, mid-thirties, medium build, mustache-and think, “holy crap, that’s me!”…me and […]

How To Market To Latinos With Social Media

Mary Mata April 22, 2011

An interesting study from NM Incite took a look at what and who is influencing Latinos in the social media sphere. The study found that, in some cases, Latinos are […]

Immigrant “Hog” Shooter in National Spotlight

NewsTaco March 17, 2011

Given the fact that hell has broken loose in Libya, that our country is still at war on two fronts and that the earthquake in Japan has turned into a nuclear emergency of apocalyptic proportions, […]

Interactive Census Map

Mary Mata March 8, 2011

USA Today created an interactive Census map showing what areas of which state, by county, have grown or decreased in population, along with information on race and ethnicity. Check it […]

Latinos In Social Media Work To Promote Latino Empowerment

Mary Mata March 2, 2011

Latinos In Social Media, or #latism if you’re on Twitter, is an organization that started out as a meeting place for Latino media professionals and has evolved into an organization […]

Checalamovie – Historias Latinas con Sabor a Hollywood: Guillerrmo Navarro

NewsTaco February 18, 2011

Nuestra historia Latina con sabor a Hollywood viene hoy acompañada de esa mágicas estatuillas dorada que reconoce el talento y el esfuerzo, en este caso en particular, de un hombre […]

Who is GenYLA?

NewsTaco February 16, 2011

They’re being called GenYLA, as in generation Young Latino Americans, an offshoot of US marketers penchant for labeling swaths of consumers according to age and distinct behavioral tendencies: GenX, GenY, […]

U.S.’s New Internet “Freedom” Policy To Benefit Latinos

Mary Mata February 15, 2011

Today U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to unveil the country’s new Internet “freedom” policy that has been in the works for the past year. The policy is […]